Stuart Pearce has reacted angrily to the impending sales of Jamaal Lascelles
and Karl Darlow to Newcastle United, although the pair will spend this
season on loan with Nottingham Forest, the Sky Bet Championship club.

Lascelles, a 20-year-old defender, was watched by Tottenham Hotspur while
Darlow, the goalkeeper, came through the Aston Villa academy. They are
expected to cost a combined £5 million. “We had an offer from Newcastle,
that I was made aware of last week, in regards to the two players going
there,” Pearce said.

“The figures that were mentioned, by the representative of our club — I said